Ndi imfa yake, makalata aku Mexico ataya wowalangiza azilankhulo ndi chikhalidwe cha Oaxaca, pomwe dziko lapansi lataya m'modzi mwa nzika zodziwika bwino.
Woimira wonyada wachikhalidwe cha Mexico, komanso m'modzi mwa oyankhula komanso olemba olemekezeka azaka za zana la 20, Andrés Henestrosa Morales adabadwira mumzinda wa Ixhuatán, Oaxaca, Novembara 30, 1906.
Ubwana wake adakhala kwawo mpaka zaka 15, pomwe adasamukira ku Mexico City, kuti alowe Sukulu Yophunzitsa Aphunzitsi, ngakhale kuti adayamba kuphunzira chilankhulo cha Zapotec.
Mu 1924, adalowa National Preparatory School, kumaliza maphunziro a Bachelor of Science and Arts. Adakhala kanthawi kochepa ngati wophunzira zamalamulo, ntchito yomwe sinathe pomwe amafuna kulowa mu Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
Munali mu 1927 pomwe adayamba kupanga lingaliro lofunika kwambiri loti ndi chiyani chomwe chingakhale ntchito yake yopanga chizindikiro: "Amuna omwe adabalalitsa gule", wolimbikitsidwa ndi nthano ndi nthano za Zapotecs akale, omwe mlangizi wawo anali katswiri wodziwika bwino wa chikhalidwe cha anthu, Dr. Antonio Caso .
Kutulutsidwa kwa bukuli mu 1929 ndikumasulira kwake kwanzeru kwa miyambo ya pakamwa ya Oaxacan zidamupangitsa kuti atenge nawo gawo pampando wa Purezidenti a José Vasconcelos, momwe adayendera madera ambiri mdzikolo, ndikupatula nthawi yambiri kufotokoza nkhani zomwe amadziwa za matauni omwe anali m'njira yake.
Njira ya Henestrosa polowa ndale sizinachokere pakufunitsitsa kwake kuti afotokoze bwino za chuma cha chikhalidwe chake, chomwe adapereka kwa abale ake, ndikuwapatsa ulemu ndi kunyada chifukwa cha komwe adachokera, zamabuku monga "Chithunzi cha amayi anga" (1940), "Njira za mtima" ndi "Kutali ndi kutseka dzulo", buku lomwe limabweretsa zilembo zinayi za mbiri yakale.
Zaudongo m'malemba ake, kukhulupirika kwake pamalingaliro andale komanso chidwi cha ndakatulo zake ndizo ndalama zoyendera zomwe zidamupititsa padziko lonse lapansi, kumayiko monga France, Spain ndi United States, komwe adakhala kwakanthawi m'mizinda ngati New York, Berkeley ndi New Orleans, komwe nthawi zambiri amatsatira zomwe amakonda: kuwerenga ndi kuphunzira.
Nzika yolemekezeka padziko lonse lapansi, yochezera koyambirira kofika pamtima wazikhalidwe, Andrés Henestrosa adagwirira ntchito anthu, kuwauza kuti akhale ndi chizolowezi chowerenga mkalasi, kapena m'makalata ake omwe amapezeka m'manyuzipepala ndi magazini osiyanasiyana , zomwe zinasindikizidwa mu theka lachiwiri la zaka zana zapitazo.
Munthawi ya moyo wake, aphunzitsi a Henestrosa adalandira ulemu wambiri komanso ulemu, umodzi mwaposachedwa kwambiri ndikuvomerezedwa kukhala Doctor Honoris Causa woperekedwa ndi Metropolitan Autonomous University, mkati mwa chikondwerero cha zaka zake 101 za ntchito yopindulitsa.
